Vietnam, Thailand friendship associations hoped to boost ties

A top Vietnamese diplomat has said he hopes the Vietnam-Thailand and
Thailand-Vietnam friendship associations will further enhance their
future cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, especially when the
two countries have recently set up their bilateral strategic
partnership.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham
Binh Minh expressed his wish while receiving President of the
Thailand-Vietnam Friendship Association Prachuab Chaiyasan in Hanoi on
December 5.

Hailing its role and activities over the past
years, the Deputy PM suggested the association continue helping the
overseas Vietnamese in the country stabilise their lives, thus
contributing to Thailand’s economic growth and fostering the sound
neighbourliness between the two nations.

The association along
with the Vietnamese expatriates are expected to preserve historical
sites relating to the revolutionary life of late President Ho Chi Minh
in Thailand, he added.

Prachuab thanked the Vietnamese
Government for facilitating cooperation agreements between both sides’
associations that help enhance the friendship and all-around affiliation
between the two countries.-VNA